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STEDT #2059

*ŋam

CHIN / CHEEK / JAW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋaminitialŋrhymeamcoverM · N

Notes

This root is solidly attested in Bantawa and Zaiwa, as well as in Loloish. The initial element in the Asakian form might also be cognate, but the Batang Tibetan form is suspect, in that there does not appear to be a Written Tibetan cognate.

Reflexes & cognates16 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.7.3.2Asakian2

Gananŋă◦hôʔmorpheme ‘chin; lower jaw’Luce 85: L.139
Gananŋă◦hu¹morpheme ‘chin; lower jaw’Luce 85: L.139

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Batang)ŋoʔ³¹ ‘beard / moustache’Dai 89 Bata: 8.1.2

6.1.2.2Central Loloish2

Ahiɑ³³morpheme ŋɑ̱³³ o⁵⁵morpheme ‘upper jaw / maxilla’Luo 90: 3.13.2
Ahiɑ³³morpheme ŋɑ̱³³ tʻu²²morpheme ‘lower jaw / mandible’Luo 90: 3.13.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2059, *ŋam ‘CHIN / CHEEK / JAW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2059
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2059,
  title  = {{*ŋam 'CHIN / CHEEK / JAW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2059},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2059}
}